Resources

Articles

• Science Discovered That Banning Small Talk from Your Conversations Makes You Happier (Try Asking These 13 Questions Instead) from Inc.com: It's time to delete questions like 'what do you do?' and 'where do you live?' from your vocabulary forever.

• 6 Ways to Stop Being So Mean To Yourself, Already from FastCompany.com: Are you hard on yourself? "We are trained to focus on the negatives and often overlook the positives."

• Feedback is Key to Change – An Exercise to Get Actionable Information (Harvard Business Review): Remaining unaware of potential issues with your professional persona and impact may hold you back. Here’s a quick approach to implement at work to learn where you may have room to improve.

• Eliminating the Voice of Self-Doubt (Psychology Today): An interesting examination of the sneaky little voice that fuels our self-doubt, and how to distance ourselves from the criticism and doubts that inner critic installs in us.

• Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle on Equality? (Harvard Business Review): We're certain you have experienced the value of women's networking events such as LWT"s WILpower program, but you may be surprised to learn the other added benefits of attending women's conferences and events.

• Self-Awareness Can Help Leaders More Than an MBA Can (Harvard Business Review) Self-awareness is not generally part of the MBA curriculum, but perhaps it should be. Check out how becoming more self-aware can enhance your leadership profile

• When Are You at Your Best as a Leader?

• 7 Ways to Share Emotional Intelligence in a Job Interview

• Ten Unmistakable Habits of Utterly Authentic People, by Dr. Travis Bradbury

• 5 Ways to Shut Down Mansplaining

• Women and the Vision Thing

• Using the Snowball Method to Create Big Things

• 5 Minute Self Compassion Meditation

• Self-Responsibility with a Capital I

• How to Master the Fine Art of Small Talk

• Why Diverse Teams are Smarter

• The Data Revealed a Big Surprise: Top Performers Do Less.

• Working with a recruiter:

  •  How to Select the Best Legal Recruiter and Maximize the Effectiveness of Working with One

  • A Comprehensive Guide to Working with a Legal Recruiter

• Ten Unmistakable Habits of Utterly Authentic People, by Dr. Travis Bradbury

  • Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Wilde made it sound so simple, but living with authenticity is a real challenge.

• 5 Ways to Shut Down Mansplaining, by Kristi Hedges

  • A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a community meeting as a volunteer for a nonprofit group. I emceed and managed the session, introducing speakers and taking questions from the crowd. I’ve been a leadership coach for a decade and facilitate events at the highest levels of global organizations, so this intimate event was a comfortable lift.

  • When I finished, several people said the usual thanks or offered compliments and one man in the back made a beeline for me. 

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TED Talks

• How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek

• The power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown

• Your Body Language Shapes Who You are by Amy Cuddy

• Communication: How to Speak up for yourself, Adam Galinsky

Books

• Give and Take by Adam Grant

• Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss

• Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

• Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck

• How to Change When Change is Hard, by Chip Heath

• The Credibility Code: How to Project Confidence and Competence When it Matters Most, By Cara Hale Alter